Our mission is to connect, empower and build the skills of young professionals so we can create a safer, fairer, more sustainable world.
UNAA Young Professionals is an Australian charity run by and for young professionals, because we believe young people in Australia are already leaders.
Our team of volunteers across Australia run education events, build skills, and connect young professional aged people in the hopes of equipping a generation of leaders with the resolve they need to live the values and carry out the work and mission of the United Nations.
We are diverse in our backgrounds and chosen fields, we are professionals and students, and we speak many languages. We are stronger for our differences, and united by service to the idea of cooperation to solve global challenges.
Our history
In 2011, the United Nations Association of Australia created a Young Professionals Network. Its mission was to work across the country connecting young Australians to the mission of the UNAA.
The Young Professionals Network operated proudly as a national program under the UNAA for 13 years until in September 2024, the UNAA Board agreed to incorporate the YPN as a national company.
We continue to remain a proud member and partner of the UNAA as UNAA Young Professionals Limited, a national Australian company and registered charity run by and for young professionals.
Our Board
UNAA Young Professionals Ltd. is overseen by its company directors.
President - Joshua Karras
Vice President - Joel Lindsay
Secretary - Fiorenza Provenzano
Chief Operating Officer - Anne Chan
Our National Executive
Our National Executive consists of national portfolio leaders, and the Presidents of our State and Territory events teams. They carry out the day to day operations of the UNAA Young Professionals.
Events - Katelyn Persich
QLD President - Fiorenza Provenzano
NT President- Zainab Mohamud
TAS President - Juan Fonseca
ACT President - Mijica Lus